
Source: 1930s, Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935), p. 322
Source: 1930s, Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935), p. 322
Context: Historically our own culture has relied for the creation of rich and contrasting values upon many artificial distinctions, the most striking of which is sex. It will not be by the mere abolition of these distinctions that society will develop patterns in which individual gifts are given place instead of being forced into an ill-fitting mould. If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.
Source: 1930s, Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935), p. 322
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 197
“An ideal culture is one that makes a place for every human gift”
Google this: Jean Vanier and what it means to be human http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-briggs/google-this-jean-vanier-a_b_7484702.html Huffington Post, 02/06/2015
From interviews and talks
Source: Multi-Secularism: A New Agenda, (2014), p. 1
Source: The New Party - (1961), Chapter 7, Program, p. 81
Message to cadets at Xavier College in Ba, Fiji, 27 July 2005.
Mary Douglas and B. Isherwood (1979). The World of Goods: Towards an Anthropology of Consumption. London, Allen Lane, page 63.